Assata Shakur, Holiday, Day, Roxane Gay, Stacey Abrams and Angela Davis.
Illustration By Selman HoŞgör; Photos: Abrams: Emily Assiran/Getty Images for Bustle. Day: Myriam Santos via Getty Images. Gay: Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic. Davis: Bettmann/Getty images. Holiday: Paul Hoeffler/Redferns/Getty images. Shakur: Frank Hurley/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images. United: Takashi Seida/Paramount Pictures.
THR Talks: Andra Day and Roxane Gay in Conversation About Suffering in Art and Racism in Addiction
by Nekesa Mumbi Moody
April 20, 2021, 6:00am PDT
The United States vs. Billie Holiday best actress nominee and the Bad Feminist author and cultural critic engage in a deep, intense discussion that included the Derek Chauvin trial and why faith precludes competitiveness: It just thrashes this idea that you and I are in competition, especially when it comes to Black women.